Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 - Asti

The teaching contributes to the achievement of the educational objective of the course of study in Motor and Sport Activities Science and to provide basic knowledge of the motor and sport’s activity and its history, consistently deepening learning methods and strategies under both educational and sports, modulating them in accordance with the reference age groups.Through these tools, consistent with the professional profile of motor and sports activities, the student will be able to operate in public and private structures, in sports organizations and in recreational and social associations.The specific historical development analysis of physical education aims to understand the contemporary phenomenons and to build the needing skills for a vocational training which meets the needs of the current social context.

Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students shall demonstrate that they have understood which kind of tools and methods have to be employed to plan an appropriate motor and sport activity, referring properly to the particular historical events which have changed their implementation during the years.

Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students shall demonstrate to be able to plan and create specific motor and sport activity programs in accordance with the reference age groups, modulating them on the gradualness principles with regard to age, gender and developing technology. Moreover they they shall be able to re-organize the information and to generalize them in accordance with the changed historical and social context.

Making judgement
At the end of the course, students shall demonstrate that they know how to use the acquired knowledge in a hypothetical-practical context and to transfer them into the different educational and sports disciplines, gathering the methodological-teaching connections and referring to the historical aspects.

Communication skills
At the end of the course, students shall demonstrate that they know the roles specificity and that they are able to communicate with all the figures which work in the motor and sport activity field, both amateurish and competitiveusing specific terminology.

Learning skills
At the end of the course, the learning consolidation shall be employed to create specific activity projects using the different acquired knowledge during the course and transferring them into the different fields of application of the motor and sport activity in the today historical-social level.

Teaching classes last 56 hours: 40 hours of Methodology and 16 hours of History. Provided there have been no later restrictions due to the pandemic situation, which will be promptly communicated, the course’s methods of administration provide front lectures in attendance with possible video records of the same on the Webex platform. In any case, video records lessons or audio presentations will be supplied, specifically prepared. The teaching material will be available by means of the Moodle Platform through the E-learning page. Instructions on how to use the platform are available at this link. As long as the medical emergency is ongoing, attendance to lectures is not mandatory.

Modality of verification of learning

The final assessment of students' preparation will take place with a written exam. The written test will consist of 31 questions: 22 questions for the methodology module and 9 questions for the history module, will be multiple choice with 4 options. The final score will be given by the sum of the multiple answers (maximum 31 points corresponding to the grade of 30 cum laude). The duration of the written test is 30 minutes. The topics covered in the final exam will reflect those covered during the course and will refer to the didactic material provided during the course. The final grade will be weighted on the basis of the credits of the respective two modules (5 credits and 2 credits).

The oral will be optional, at the request of the teachers.

You may be required to use your own device with an internet connection.

Motor skills

Coordination and conditional skills

Differences between skills and abilities

Motor learning

Different learning: children, teenagers, adults and seniors; sports and non-sports peolple

The importance of communication 

Motivation-Previous experiences 

Information processing model

Learning strategies: Randomization, blocks and multilateralism 

Different styles and teaching strategies

Prof. Basso:

. Historic related to Sports Sciences;
. Historical, normative and scientific sources of Contemporary Sporting Sciences;
. Evolution of Sporting Sciences at national and international level;
. Scientific and Professional Institutions of Sporting Sciences;
. National and international context of sporting sport practice;
. Development of governance (IOC, IPC, CONI, CIP) of sporting practice;
. Development of sports driving practice in contemporary school context (UNESCO, MIUR)

The methodology lessons will be present and streamed on the webex platform 
at this link

The History lessons will be present and streamed on the webex platform 
at this link.

History lessons will follow the following schedule:

Tuesday 21 December 2021 from 16.00 to 19.00

Wednesday 12 January 2022 from 16.00 to 19.00

Friday 14 January 2022 from 16.00 to 19.00

Wednesday 19 January 2022 from 16.00 to 19.00